Aston Villa boss Unai Emery has challenged his side to back up their first win of the season with consistency after a 1-0 Europa League victory over Bologna .

Villa scored their first goal at home this season after 12 minutes when John McGinn fired into the bottom right corner from outside the area.

Ollie Watkins had a second-half penalty saved by Lukasz Skorupski as he failed to open his account for the campaign.

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Villa goalkeeper Marco Bizot was busy in the second half as Bologna piled on the pressure and he scrambled across his goal to keep out Martin Vitik's header in stoppage time to ensure the hosts clung on to all three points

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